Niel Nickolaisen has held technology executive (CIO) and operations executive (COO) positions in large and medium-sized enterprises, typically in turnaround roles. He is an expert in the rapid/adaptive selection, implementation, and deployment of enterprise business applications, analysis tools, and systems. He has developed a strategic and tactical alignment model that results in significantly improved returns on technology and business initiatives, by both improving the benefits and reducing the costs and risks.

He has in-depth knowledge of enterprise management technologies, enterprise resource planning applications, and storage management tools. He holds two patents for enterprise management tools. He is past President of the Intermountain Chapter of the Society for Information Management. He holds an MS in engineering from MIT and a BS in physics from Utah State University.

Mr. Nickolaisen can be reached at nnickolaisen at headwaters.com.